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The Private War of Major Benson (1955)
Directed by Jerry Hopper
“One of Life's Happiest Experiences is MARCHING YOUR WAY!”
Comedy, Family, Romance · 1h 45m
A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of the Army, or take command of and shape up the ROTC program at Sheridan Academy before it fails its next inspection. At Sheridan he encounters three hundred pre-teen cadets who range from rascally to adorable, and a female doctor who has just the right prescription for him.
Cast
Charlton Heston
Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
Julie Adams
Dr. Kay Lambert
William Demarest
John
Tim Hovey
Cadet Thomas 'Tiger' Flaherty
Nana Bryant
Mother Redempta
Tim Considine
Cadet Lt. Gerald Hibler
Sal Mineo
Cadet Col. Sylvester Dusik
Milburn Stone
Maj. Gen. Wilton J. Ramsey
M
Mary Field
Sister Mary Theresa
Joey D. Vieira
Cadet Cpl. Scawalski (as Donald Keeler)
G
Gary Pagett
Cadet Lt. Molony
Don Haggerty
Harold Hibler
Crew
- Director
- Jerry Hopper
- Screenplay
- William Roberts, Richard Alan Simmons
Details
- Release date
- 1955-08-02
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal International Pictures